Hedge trimmer



April 2,1935. M, MOLESKI Y 1,996,624

HEDGE TRIMMER Filed May 4, 1933 INVENTOR. @1c/Mu. 1704x261@ Patented pr. 2, 1935 UNITED STATES HEDGE TRIMMER Michael Moleski, Detroit, Mich.

Application May 4, 1933, Serial No; 669,286

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a hedge trimmer of the power driven type, and has for its object the provision of a device of this class which will be simple in structure, economical of manufacture, durable, easily and quickly assembled, light, and highly efficient in use.

g Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this class which will be compact and mounted on a single supporting plate which may be economically manufactured.-

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this class in which areciprocation of the cutter plate may be easily eected due to the substantial guiding and mounting of the plate.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood ,by a reference to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view with parts broken away.

Fig. 2 is a view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 with a part broken away. y

Fig. 3 is a View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2. A

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary on line 6.-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 6.

The invention comprises a supporting plate II on which are mounted the spaced standards I2 and I3 and projecting upwardly from a common base I4. Journaled in these standards and projected therethrough is a shaft I5 on which is xedly mounted, between the standards, a gear I6 meshing with the gear I1 which is fixedly mounted on the shaft I8. This shaft I8 projects into the housing 48, and xedly mounted on the shaft I8 within the housing 48 is avpinion 45 .which is af'dapted to be driven by the worm 46 formed on the shaft 41 of the electric motor I9. The wires 2l which connect to the motor I9 are extended through the tubular handle 22 and through a switch 25 operated by the switch arm 26 to a socket plug 21. A fitting 23 connects .to one end of the handle 22 and is provided with an integral tongue 24 projecting from one end sectional view taken thereof, this tongue 24 being suitably connected to the plate Il.

Formed on one end of the shaft I5 is a crank 29 which pivotally connects to the pitman arm or drivev rod 30 on one end thereof. The opposite 5 end of this drive arm 30 is pivotally connected between the lugs 3| and projects upwardly from the block 32 which is fixedly mounted on the slide plate 35. As shown in Fig. 3, the pitman or drive arm 30 is langularly turned at 33 to incline down- 10 wardly and again at 34 to extend horizontally. The plate 35 is provided at its opposite sides with elongated slots 36 in which engage the blocks 31 which are secured to the supporting plate II by the bolts 31. These blocks 31 are provided with the outwardly projecting flanges 38 which overlie the slots 36 and engage the upper surface of the cutter plate-35. A retaining plate 39 is mounted by the screws 39 on the supporting plate II. This retaining plate 39 is cut away at one edge as at 40 to provide the ange portion 4I which "overlies the rear edge of the cutter plate 35 and engages the upper surface thereof. On the forward edge of the supporting plate Il are formed the cutting teeth 43., cooperating with which are the cutting teeth 42 formed on the forward edge of the cutter plate 35. An incloslng housing 49 is mounted on the plate Il tov inclose the gearing and operating mechanism.

When the socket plug 21 i's suitably connected 30 to a suitable source of electrical energy and the switch 26 closed to start the motor I9, the rotation of thegear I1 will effect a rotation of the gear I6 which will cause a reciprocation of the arm 30 so as to effect a reciprocating sliding movement of the cutter plate 35. In this sliding movement, this cutter plate will be guided by the blocks 31 engaging in the slots 36 and by the flange 4I. With a device of this kind the trimming of a hedge becomes 'an easy and simple matter and an accurate trimming of the same becomes possible. Due to the mounting of the cutter plate 35, a quiet and smooth operation is provided and a minimum possibility of a binding of the plate 35 is present. Moreover, by mounting the device on the supporting plate II which serves as one of the cutter plates, a-compact and properly balanced structure is provided. It will be noted that the gears are mounted at one side of the plate Il and the motor I9 adjacent the opposite side so that a tendency of the plate to tilt to either side is reduced to a minimum. This balancing of the plate II is due to the particular drive connections between the slidable cutter plate and the source' of power,

While I have illustrated and describedfthe to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail 'myself of such variations and modiiications as may come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: h

A hedge trimmer of the class described, comprising:` a supporting plate having'cutting teeth formed on one edge; a handle secured to the opposite edge of said plate and projecting out-y .ward1y, centrally, therefrom and provided on its 4mounted onsaid supporting-plate at one side of preferred form of my inventionJ vdc not4 the medial line thereof; Ia gear driven by said motor and extending on the opposite side of vsaid -medial line; a pair of spaced standards on said supporting plate at the opposite side of said medial line; a shaft rotatably mounted in said standards; a gear fixedly mounted on said shaft between said standards and in alignment with and meshing with said motor driven gear; a cra arm fixedly mounted on said shaft; a pair of lugs projecting upwardly from said slidable plate; and a drive rod pivotally connected at oneend to the end of said crank arm and at its opposite end to said lugs, said rod having its ends angularly turned to extend angularly to the main body thereof and in parallel relation to each other.

MICHAEL MoLEsKI. 

